Slovakia is ready to provide experts in nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons to work as part of the international inspection teams under the United Nations (UN) in Syria. The Defence Ministry points out that one of the tasks of the battalion for nuclear, chemical, and biological protection in Rožňava, which is part of Slovakia’s Armed Forces, is “allocating a unit in accordance with obligations towards international organisations”.
Slovakia has a facility used for the training of specialists in chemical weapons for its Armed Forces as well as partner countries in Zemianske Kostoľany. Russia and the United States agreed on September 14 during negotiations in Geneva on a plan under which Syria would hand over control over its chemical weapons. Syria was given one week to provide an inventory of its chemical weapons, which inspectors would come and check in November. The elimination of this arsenal should take place no later than mid 2014.
